Texas Sycamore
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Texas Sycamore
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Platanus occidentalis var. glabrata
Texas Sycamore; Buttonball Tree
36
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72 feet
40
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50 feet
Central Texas
Texas
Full Sun
Part Sun/Shade
Low
Birds


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About This Plant
Full sun. Deciduous with distinctive palmate leaves and sloughing bark. Sycamore is very big, very tall, and fast-growing. (It isn’t especially long lived on dry upland sites though.) It prefers growing close to water; try to pick downhill sites that will receive runoff during rain events.
Pruning is always optional. Cuts should only be made at a bud or branch; in general focus on minimizing dead, damaged, or rubbing branches. As with any tree remove no more than 25% of the total canopy during any five-year cycle. To maintain a healthy specimen, leave the upper 2/3 of the trees height uncut and never remove more than the lowest third of the tree in a single pruning period — for example on a 12-foot tree stick to the lowest 4 feet.
Mulch with about 2″ of wood chips or pine bark wherever possible. (In general a tree’s mulched area should be six feet at minimum.)
Maintenance
Pruning; training; leaf drop in autumn.
Features
Plant Type:
Large Tree
Size:
36-72' H, 40-50' W
Sunlight Requirements:
Full Sun, Part Sun/Shade
Soil Types:
Clay, Sandy
Wildlife:
Birds
Flower Color:
Bloom Time:
Freeze Hardy:
Yes
Invasive:
No
Caution:
None
Coupon Eligible:
No
This plant goes well with
- Taxodium distichum
- Vitis mustangensis
- Carya illinoinensis
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